Keith Davidsonformer lawyer of the porn actress Stormy DanielsIt showed itself hostile and forgetful when it was his turn to answer the questions posed by the former president’s defense donald trump in the criminal trial against the politician in New York.
Davidson was the in charge of negotiating a payment of $130,000 in 2016 to maintain Daniels’ silence regarding an alleged affair with the tycoon in 2006.
When questioned by the Prosecutor’s Office, Davidson was calm and willing to talk about any topic, but during questioning by Emil Bove, one of Trump’s lawyers, the witness’s tone became drier and His statements were filled with: “I don’t remember.”
The president’s defense tried to leave open to the jury the possibility that the money for Daniels was the result of extortion to Trump, instead of a payment to cover up the extramarital relationship with the politician.
Bove further attempted to paint Davidson as a formerly suspended attorney who was dishonest and unethical for having helped his clients get money from celebrities.
Some of the personalities mentioned this Thursday were the actor Charlie Sheen; former wrestler Hulk Hogan; the former boxer Manny Pacquiao or the television celebrity Tila Tequila.
“Your memory seems a little fuzzy around some of these topics,” Bove told Davidson at one point in their interview. which lasted several hours.
Furthermore, Bove pointed out that the monetary agreement with Daniels was not signed by Trump.
In the first part of the interrogation, trump He listened attentively but after the lunch break he could see the former president and current Republican candidate for the presidential elections. reclined in his chair with his eyes closed for several minutessomething he has done on more occasions in these three weeks of trial.
During the lunch break, Trump said on his social network that he does not fall asleep, but rather “simply” close your eyes to listen “intensely.”
“Contrary to what the FAKE NEWS MEDIA says, I don’t fall asleep during the corrupt prosecutor’s witch hunt, especially today. I just close my beautiful blue eyes sometimes, listen intently and take it all in!! !” wrote the 77-year-old politician in Truth Social.
The interrogation of the Prosecutor’s Office
Davidson was questioned by the Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday and Thursday morning, a period in which He seemed much more relaxed and talkative.and said he understood that the president was the driving force behind the agreement to silence his client.
Although the negotiations for Stormy Daniels’ payment were in 2016 with Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, Davidson indicated in his testimony on Tuesday that he assumed that the source of the money was Trump or some of the politician’s companies.
As has been usual in these three weeks, the New York Criminal Court room where the trial is being held was full of journalists, but it attracted attention the assistance of Alvin Bragg, the head of the New York Prosecutor’s Office that investigates Donald Trump, during the last part of the day.
